bejleg

== Albanian == === Etymology === First attested in the phrase me shtīm beleg (“to provoke, to challenge”). The initial meaning seems to have been "sign, mark", reflected in the modern meaning "person distinguished by a mark or disability". Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian beleg (“mark, feature, stamp”) (attested with the meaning "duel" in Croatian), itself from Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, ultimately from a Turkic source. The term was part of medieval Serbian legal administration, in which individuals were summoned to court by a stamp (sigillum citationis). The semantic development in Albanian could have been call to court through a stamp > duel invitation through a mark > duel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛˈlɛɡ/ === Noun === bejleg m (plural bejlegje, definite bejlegu, definite plural bejlegjet) duel flower of corn small, prematurely born kid or lamb person distinguished by a mark or disability ==== Synonyms ==== dyluftim, duel ==== Derived terms ==== bejlegtar === References ===